Entegris Korea signed an agreement with Gyeonggi Province for an additional $20 million investment, reinvesting profits from Korea. It began building a production facility in Hwaseong Jangan 2 industrial complex that will make high-purity chemicals and special containers, and will hire 50 people.

Lotte BP Chemical confirmed an 180 billion won expansion at its Ulsan plant to build acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer capacity, with construction from January 2019 to September 2020 and commercial production from January 2021. The project is expected to create 50 direct jobs.

Kumho P&B Chemicals will invest 200 billion won to add 200,000 tonnes per year of BPA capacity at a new site near its Yeosu plant, raising capacity from 450,000 to 650,000 tonnes. Completion is due in the second half of 2021.